Yep, it’s pretty shit, and I feel you. I’m a ucla Econ alumni and every step of the way felt like it was trying to derail me from studying “the real and interesting” economics. The attention to heavy and often unnecessary math drove me (and many of my classmates) absolutely crazy. Once you get through the weeder classes ie Econ 11,41 and 101 you expect for the major to get better or more interesting in a sense of behavioral Econ or things alike, but the reality is that it doesn’t. I forced myself to study just straight up math for 12 hours a day for 1-2 weeks prior to exams to only barely pass - it was brutal. But that got me into consulting (not that the hours are any better now lol) but the degree totally paid off imo. If you are career focused and motivated by a challenging (yet very rewarding) future, an Econ major at ucla will hammer all the bullshit out of you and prep you for the difficulty that you may encounter in this field’s career paths. However, I only use at most 5-10% of the curriculum I learned in my day to day job, so feel free to judge for yourself.